Challenge

Stars Dome
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Joel Gaona got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rd minute, Alberto Tafalla hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to All Stars Gent getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Jesucristo Van Meenen hit a great ball. After 6 played minutes, Mexico's Joel Gaona shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Eser Şemsi came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Mexico reached it. After 18 minutes Mexico's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Christiaan Elsen who took care of the corner kick. In the 18th minute, Brend Van Laeck hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Luca Zorita's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eser Şemsi was relentless in the 20th minute of the game. Dante Lacasa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Esterilla Van Meenen in the 21st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 24th minute of play forced All Stars Gent's goalkeeper Eser Şemsi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eser Şemsi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Tafalla in the 26th minute of the match. Joel Gaona fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eser Şemsi having to interfere. Luca Zorita received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Eser Şemsi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 34 minutes into the match, Mexico's Alberto Tafalla sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Eser Şemsi narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Dante Lacasa was out of position in the 36 minute of play, and Brend Van Laeck capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Brend Van Laeck really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. In the 41st minute the ball was on its way in behind Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 47 minutes into the match, All Stars Gent's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Tafalla came free, but Eser Şemsi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.

In the 52nd minute Jannes Gramet shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dante Lacasa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 55th minute of play forced All Stars Gent's goalkeeper Eser Şemsi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 60 minutes into the match, All Stars Gent's goalkeeper Eser Şemsi had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Alberto Tafalla. Joel Gaona might have been able to make a better finish in the 67th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Eser Şemsi. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Joel Gaona ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Brend Van Laeck in the 69th minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With an all-out effort, Mexico's Eser Şemsi threw himself towards the right post 72 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Joel Gaona, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. When Brend Van Laeck came up free with the goalie in the 76th minute, the All Stars Gent fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Brend Van Laeck couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joel Gaona in the 78th minute of play forced All Stars Gent's goalkeeper Eser Şemsi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Facundo Cadaval kicked well hit freekick during the 80th minute of the match. In the 81st minute of the match Christiaan Elsen sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Dante Lacasa skillfully saved the ball. In the 85th minute, Joel Gaona left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Mexico fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. If Alberto Tafalla had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Mexico walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.